Somalia

  • Food: Goat and lamb are eaten regularly. Vegetables are a main side dish.

  • Celebrations: Ramadan is the most popular holiday in Somalia. This holiday last for 1 month long, they celebrate. this holiday by not drinking, taking medications, and eating during the day. Young children, the very ill, and pregnant women are exempt from the holiday tradition.

  • currency: somalian currency is the somalian shilling. one shilling is equal to .01209 us dollars. the shilling is used in many of the naboring countrys like kenya.

  • historical sites: the arba-rucun mosque is a important religous center for the people in somalia. it is a four piller desined building where the muslum population meet for worship and other religios things.

  • lodging: some of the hotels in somalia include the El palace Barcolma hotel wich is a beautiful hotel that. overlooks the capital Mogadishu. it is the best rated hotel in the country and is not occupied very often.

  • Monuments: abune petos ''the archibishop" was executed by the Italian invading troops.

  • Weather and climate: Most of the country receives less than 500 millimeters of rain annually. But this varies throughout the country every year. The daily temp. usually ranges from 30° C to 40° C. The climate can range from below freezing in the highlands in December to more than 45° C in July. During colder months, visibility at higher altitudes is reduced by fog.The coastal zone's relative humidity is usually about 70 percent even during the dry seasons.